The growth and development of the nation’s public transportation systems may soon reach a screeching halt. If crumbling infrastructure, mounting debt, and painful service cuts aren’t evidence enough, the administrators […]
Daniel Grabauskas
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Technology makes ride sharing a better way to go
Last Friday, Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing provider, and Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing community, announced an expansion of their partnership to five more university campuses in the US […]
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Technology makes ride-sharing a better way to go
By Daniel Grabauskas Last Friday, Zipcar, the world's largest car sharing provider, and Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing community, announced an expansion of their partnership to five more university campuses […]
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“Fix it first!” New projects get the headlines, but we need to repair what we already have
In January 2003, just days after being sworn in as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney stood alongside a structurally deficient bridge on Route 2 and said: "Fix it first!" That […]
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“Fix it first!” New projects get the headlines, but we need to repair what we already have
By Daniel Grabauskas In January 2003, just days after being sworn in as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney stood alongside a structurally deficient bridge on Route 2 and said: "Fix […]
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Northeast Corridor shut out of high speed rail funds
The news today that the Northeast Corridor (think your Amtrak trip from Boston to New York to Washington DC) would be shut out of the first round of high-speed rail […]
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Northeast Corridor shut out of high-speed rail funds
By Daniel Grabauskas The news today that the Northeast Corridor (think your Amtrak trip from Boston to New York to Washington DC) would be shut out of the first round […]
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Remembering the woman behind “Charlie on the MTA” — and the Charlie Card
Folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes passed away last week. I offer a personal remembrance. I never met Ms. Hawes, but I feel a connection to her. She co-authored the folk song, […]
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Remembering the woman behind “Charlie on the MTA” — and the CharlieCard
By Daniel Grabauskas Folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes passed away last week. I offer a personal remembrance. I never met Ms. Hawes, but I feel a connection to her. She co-authored […]
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Warren Buffett’s shrewd recognition of a railroad revival
By Daniel Grabauskas Last week the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, closed the biggest deal of his career. Value: $26.3 billion. It wasn’t about a high-tech company. It wasn’t about […]
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Buffett’s shrewd recognition of a railroad revival
By Daniel GrabauskasLast week the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, closed the biggest deal of his career. Value: $26.3 billion. It wasn’t about a high-tech company. It wasn’t about a […]
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Grabauskas on the D’Alessandro Report: It goes beyond the news that “the T is still broke”
By Daniel Grabauskas Tasking business executive David D’Alessandro to determine if the MBTA’s financial situation is still dire is a lot like asking someone 25 years ago to confirm that […]